Randall
Nauden

Decommitted from Navy Football.

Verbally committed to play football at Navy.

Uncommitted, currently ranked No. 66 in the Illinois’ 2024 class. 5-foot-10, 190-pound, strong, physical build. Had a big day offensively hitting out of the four-hole. Finished 2-for-3 with two solo home runs to left-field. Creates leverage to the pull-side, strong hands, easy effort and the ball jumps off the barrel at times. 

Positional Profile: C/OF
Body: 5-10, 195-pounds. Athletic build. Strength throughout.
Hit: RHH. Tall, slightly open setup; smooth load, short stride back to even. Long path, strong hands, balanced at finish. Slight lift in swing, elevates the baseball to both gaps.
Power: 98.7 max exit velocity, averaged 92.5 mph. 345’ max distance.
Arm: RH. C - 79 mph. Short arm action, high 3/4 arm slot. Consistently around the second base bag.
Defense: 2.02-2.19 pop times. Athletic, quick exchange, short to release.
Run: 7.36 runner in the 60. 

Nauden – who participated at the PBR Future Games as a 2024 – recorded some of the top TrackMan hitting numbers across the board at the event. Nauden has a 5-foot-10, 195-pound frame with well-proportioned strength throughout and led the event with an average exit velocity of 92.5 mph, alongside a hard hit rate of 90 percent (nine of his 10 batted balls left the barrel at 90-plus mph). Nauden creates advanced leverage with strong hands and slight lift in his swing; best batted ball traveled 345 feet. Defensively, he showed a quick glove-to-hand release, topped at 79 mph and his low pop time came in at 2.02. 

5-foot-10, 175-pound frame with broad shoulders, strong lower half and present strength throughout. Turned in a stellar performance for Top Tier during its 10-1 victory, driving in half the team’s runs with five RBI. Nauden spun on a fastball for a home run in his first at-bat, and followed it with a double down the left-field line. Flashed above-average arm strength for age behind the plate. High-follow in the 2024 class.

Positional Profile: C
Body: 5-10, 175-pounds. Wide-shouldered, physical, mature build.
Hit: RHH. Open tall setup, smooth load and short stride. Advanced hand strength, quick bat, short bat path and loud contact when swing syncs. Worked gap-to-gap with a chance to have big pull-side power in the future.
Power: 90 mph exit velocity from the tee. According to TrackMan, recorded the top distance off the bat of 359' during BP.
Arm: RH. C - 79 mph. Short arm action, over-the-top slot and throws flashed carry and life when on the bag.
Defense: 2.08-2.18 pop times. Steady hands, directional and gains ground on release.
Run: 7.39 runner in the 60. Well above-average runner given his frame and age.

Positional Profile: C/RHP
Body: 5-9, 164-pounds. Physically-advanced, athletic frame.
Defense: 2.10-2.34 pop times. Natural infield actions, clean footwork, gets around the baseball, steady hands and quick release. Behind the plate, clean, efficient and directional out the crouch, gains ground through release.
Arm: RH. C - 80 mph. INF - 82 mph.  Short, fast arm, plays with life and carry. Advanced arm strength.
Hit: RH. Tall, open setup, minimal wasted movement, short stride and finishes on balance. Simple swing, creates advanced bat speed and twitch, lets the ball travel, short path and ball jumps off the barrel.
Power: 88 mph exit velocity from the tee. Present power with more to come in the future.
Run: 7.26 runner in the 60.